Anthony John Hurt (born 30 March 1946) is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals. At the

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, he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and

Simon Dickie Simon Charles Dickie (31 March 1951 – 13 December 2017) was a New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals. Dickie was born in 1951 in Waverley in Taranaki, New Zealand. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School where he was par ...

(cox) to win the gold medal in the eights. At the

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, he again crewed the eight which this time won the bronze medal. His crewmates this time were

Alec McLean Alexander Robert McLean (born 18 October 1950) is a former New Zealand rowing (sport), rower who won an Olympic bronze medal in the Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's eight, men's rowing eight at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Early life ...

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, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl and Dave Rodger and

(cox). In both Olympic races, he was the

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. Hurt later had a plumbing business in Auckland.

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